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STOMIATID^. 



38- Stomias ferox, Eeinhardt. 

 SlomiasferoT, Reinhakdt, Vid. Selsk. Nat. og Math., Afliaiull. X. p. Lxxviii. 

 A single specimen was obtained at each of the two followiuLj stations : — 



STERNOPTYCHID^. 



39. Sternoptyx diaphana, Hermann-. 



Slernoptyx diaphana, Hermann, Naturforschcr, XVI. p. 781, p. 8, Taf. I. figs. 1 and 

 2 ; XVII. p. 249 (" Copied by Walbaum, Artodi, HI., Vol. I. figs. 1 and 2, and 

 by Schneider, p. 404, PI. XXXV."). Cuvier, Kegne Animal, 2d cd., PI. XIII. 

 fig. 1. Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XXII. p. 415. Gln- 

 ther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mas., V. p. o87 (no specimens). 



Specimens were caught at the stations mentioned below. 



40. Argyropelecus hemigymnus, Cocco. 



Argyropelecus hemicjymnus, Cocco, Giorn. Sc. Sic. 1829, fasc. 77, p. 146. Bona- 

 parte, Faun. Ital. Pesc. Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Puiss., XXII. p. 398. 

 GiJNTHER, Cat. Pisli. Brit. Mus., V. p. 385. 



Sternoptyx hemigymnus, Valenciennes, in Cuvier, Regne Animal, III. Poiss., PI. 

 103, fig. 3. ' 



Sternoptyx mediterranea, Cocco, Giorni il Faro, 1838, IV. p. 7, fig. 2. Bonaparte, 

 Faun. Ital. Pesc, Fig. 



This species was obtained at Station 315, at a depth of 225 fathoms. It was 

 also obtained by the steamer "Fish Hawk," August 18, 1882, at Station 1112 

 (Lat. 39° 56' N., Long. 70° 35' W., 245 fathoms), and was seen by Dr. Bean on 

 the same vessel in 1880. 



station. N. Lat. W. Long. Fathoms. Specimens. 



315 32° 18' 40" 78° 43' 225 2 



